Nguyen Ban Loc

Nguyen Ban Loc (11 March 1940-21 January 1968) was a captain of the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Nguyen Ban Loc was born on 11 March 1940 in Haiphong, French Indochina. Ban Loc joined the North Vietnamese Army at the age of 17 in 1957 and was promoted to Captain during the Vietnam War, leading a force of 20 NVA troops during the Battle of Khe Sanh in January 1968. Ban Loc was killed in battle by M60 fire from USMC-defended trenches, with his right arm torn off by fire and his chest painted with blood.